Wheelie Control: Rear Brake?

On a 1k, could the extra load of habitually relying on the rear brake for wheelie control cause engine problems?

 

Yeah, the pads & disk will bear the brunt of the abuse...

 

Ask Nicky Hayden.....he basically runs a front caliper on the rear of his bike

 

That's badass!! However.. I'm not on Nicky's maintenance regimen!

 

No chance it could harm the engine, but just to be safe it may be time for one of those newfangled spacebikes that fix wheelies by themselves.

 

heft

 

fat guy little bike

 

I did not give you permission to use this pic of me.

 

I'm on a new BMW, but the wheelie control is way too invasive. So I just shut it off and use the brake. I can afford new pads no problem... but I just paid $850 for clutch plates alone, so I'm trying to be as easy with her as I can!!

 

maybe your gearing sucks and you're too slow. Probably should have learned to ride on a 300

 

You bought German, serves you right.

 

Probably so.... @sowega will be here any second with some extremely damning evidence backing up your claims

 

He's asking an awful lot from 600 cc's

 

I wonder if he's had it resprung ?

 

I don't know how they missed so badly on the wheelie control on that bike. I rode an older model and it was the same. On my R1 it was indiscernible. And awesome.

 

Nah they just used peanut butter instead of fork oil.

 

WHAT? that sounds like A LOT of money....

 

I would say 'NO", solely based on Swing Arm Angle...